In all seriousness, I hate watching Clarrett highlights. Watching all that wasted potential is soul crushing. His freshman year is as impressive as any that I have ever seen for a power back. In retrospect, I remember the power, but I forgot about his top end speed and vision. It is pretty apparent when you see him outrunning DBs with angles in that video. His vision was off the charts too.

Coming from a Wolverine, we're the football equivalent of a formerly abused wife of a meth addict who just remarried the safe nice guy. We're just glad we have someone who's aware that it's a rivalry and that tackling on defense is integral. Baby steps.

In all seriousness, I hate watching Clarrett highlights. Watching all that wasted potential is soul crushing. His freshman year is as impressive as any that I have ever seen for a power back. In retrospect, I remember the power, but I forgot about his top end speed and vision. It is pretty apparent when you see him outrunning DBs with angles in that video. His vision was off the charts too.

I was thinking about it, but it seemed like an appropriate place to keep the chatter about the new freshman through the beginning of the season. Also seems like a good place to keep the rumors about, "XXXX is blowing up camp at position YYY." Once we get a couple of games under our belts, I'll let it slide down.

Coming from a Wolverine, we're the football equivalent of a formerly abused wife of a meth addict who just remarried the safe nice guy. We're just glad we have someone who's aware that it's a rivalry and that tackling on defense is integral. Baby steps.

e0y2e3 wrote:This is like Furls tenth excuse for not unpinning this threads. The real story is that Furls just really, really likes the 2013 class and wants to relive that class on the daily. Duh.

Well that is also true. I will not deny it. The 2013 class is seriously the best class I can remember at OSU. I really liked 2008, but 2013 is a home run at nearly every position (at least on paper at this point). The only notable exceptions are OL and maybe one more LB would have been nice, but Darron Lee is likely to end up there. I just don't see many kids in the class that have bust written all over them. Matter of fact, I know that the entire class cannot be successful (23/23 or even 12 or 13/23 is just not reasonable).

That said, it is probably worth keeping the freshman hype mostly constrained to this thread. Early studs thus far:

WilsonMarshallElliotBosaHillConleyAppleBellMitchell

Some other guys look like surefire future based on their first camps contributors (maybe not immediate):LislePriceBaughClark (recently called, "Serviceable" by Meyer)JT BarrettTyquan Lewis

That is not to say the others look like busts, but these are the guys that we are hearing a lot about and drawing early positive reviews from their peers and coaches.

Coming from a Wolverine, we're the football equivalent of a formerly abused wife of a meth addict who just remarried the safe nice guy. We're just glad we have someone who's aware that it's a rivalry and that tackling on defense is integral. Baby steps.

2014 just got better with Curtis Samuel. That class has a shot at being #1 in the country if Meyer pulls a couple of late signing period miracles (Prince and maybe Solomon Thomas) and lands the rest of the guys he is expected to ('Kwon, Lattimore, Smith etc.)

Coming from a Wolverine, we're the football equivalent of a formerly abused wife of a meth addict who just remarried the safe nice guy. We're just glad we have someone who's aware that it's a rivalry and that tackling on defense is integral. Baby steps.

Price was one of those guys that could do anything, I think he becomes a devastating, athletic guard.

So JT Moore will steal 3rd team reps from a different part of the squad? Does that mean he sits on a different part of the bench during games now? He wasn't going to get run at DE and I seriously doubt he gets any at TE, but with Blake Thomas injured... who knows.

Coming from a Wolverine, we're the football equivalent of a formerly abused wife of a meth addict who just remarried the safe nice guy. We're just glad we have someone who's aware that it's a rivalry and that tackling on defense is integral. Baby steps.

I saw Price as a Mike Bennett type recruit. The kind of guy that could be DOMINATING on the OL or "just" very good on the DL. 3 years ago, there is no doubt, he is a DT. With the guys they are getting at DT, it just makes too much sense to put him at Guard where he can excel.

Coming from a Wolverine, we're the football equivalent of a formerly abused wife of a meth addict who just remarried the safe nice guy. We're just glad we have someone who's aware that it's a rivalry and that tackling on defense is integral. Baby steps.

Coming from a Wolverine, we're the football equivalent of a formerly abused wife of a meth addict who just remarried the safe nice guy. We're just glad we have someone who's aware that it's a rivalry and that tackling on defense is integral. Baby steps.

Hope so because the 2014 OL is downright scary. Lisle did well in camps against elite guys last year, so I am optimistic. There is alot of talk about Mavety coming right in a strolling into the LT job, but I am not sure I am buying that. He is a JUCO player, it is not like he is coming off a successful sophomore year at USC or something.

I think next year's OL looks something like this R to L: Decker Price Boren Elflein Lisle. I find it more likely that Lisle will be ready than a guy from JUCO. Dodson may make an impact in there somewhere too.

Coming from a Wolverine, we're the football equivalent of a formerly abused wife of a meth addict who just remarried the safe nice guy. We're just glad we have someone who's aware that it's a rivalry and that tackling on defense is integral. Baby steps.